[ipxe-devel] Need Help - Broadcom 440x

Dyweni - iPXE-Devel jeSF37HmaCeb at dyweni.com
Sun Oct 13 01:02:28 UTC 2013


iPXE>
iPXE> ifstat
net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using undionly on UNDI-PCI02:09.0 (closed)
   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
iPXE> ifopen net0
iPXE> set net0/ip 192.168.0.100
iPXE> ifstat
net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using undionly on UNDI-PCI02:09.0 (open)
   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:2466 RXE:2302]
   [RXE: 2289 x "The socket is not connected 
(http://ipxe.org/380f6001)"]
   [RXE: 13 x "Operation not supported (http://ipxe.org/3c086003)"]
iPXE>


On 2013-10-12 19:44, KUMAAN wrote:
> What does happen in ipxe shell of undionly.kpxe
> when you execute the following ipxe script
> which is independent of LAN network and DHCP server ?
> 
> ifstat
> ifopen net0
> set net0/ip 192.168.0.100
> 
>> Yes, and that produces mixed results:
>> 
>> 1. When I try iPXE by booting to a CD... this is when the error
>> happens... and then the machine is completely frozen (ctrl-alt-del 
>> does
>> not work).
>>    - This uses the ipxe.krn file, extracted from the ISO created by 
>> the
>> iPXE Makefile.
>> 
>> 2. When I try iPXE by PXE booting of the network card and then chain
>> loading iPXE... the error does not happen.
>>    - This uses the undionly.kpxe file, created by the iPXE Makefile.
>> 
>> 
>> This error occurs with the following GIT commits:
>> - 936134ed460618e18cc05d677a442d43d5e739a1 (roughly 6/24/2013)
>> - 7405685df2bea9a457970d8b5a63ede08fcda6f7 (roughly 9/25/2013)
>> 
>> 
>> In case #1 above, I get the following when running 'ifstat' from the 
>> shell:
>> net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using BCM4401-B0 on PCI02:09.0 (closed)
>>   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
>> 
>> In case #2 above, I get the following when running 'ifstat' from the 
>> shell:
>> net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using undionly on UNDI-PCI02:09.0 (closed)
>>   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-10-12 18:07, Brian Rak wrote:
>>> Did you try both the undionly and ipxe.pxe versions?
>>> 
>>> On 10/12/2013 6:56 PM, Dyweni - iPXE-Devel wrote:
>>>> Hi List,
>>>> 
>>>> I have a Dell Optiplex 320 with a Broadcom 440x Integrated Network
>>>> Controller.  When I boot iPXE, I receive the following errors:
>>>> 
>>>> Could not open net0: Operation not supported
>>>> Could not configure net0: Operation not supported
>>>> <last 2 lines repeat three times total>
>>>> 
>>>> This is in response to the 'dhcp' command, the first command in the
>>>> embedded script.
>>>> 
>>>> Would you help be troubleshoot this please?
>>>> 
>>> 
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